Análisis Bibliométrico y Estado del Arte en torno a la Noción de Metadiscourse (1984-2023).

This research aims to analyze how metadiscourse has been studied by examining scientific production during the last four decades. We used the bibliometric analysis. We selected papers on inclusion criteria: including Scopus articles published in English, Spanish, and other languages. For other databases, we considered publications in Spanish and some in Portuguese. The bibliometric analysis used the VOSviewer software. The results show the lines of research on metadiscourse, the approaches to its study, and the centers that lead them, as well as researchers and the various disciplines of their research. Additionally, we characterized niches as epistemic spaces for the study of metadiscourse: authorial commitment through interactional resources, self-mentions, and metadiscursive strategies. We found gaps between the scientific production published in Scopus, Scielo, and Google Scholar and between that published in English and Spanish concerning metadiscourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]